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The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
Dance Hall Crashers, "Do You Think You're Beautiful" from Purr (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary:

"Don't you know that the mirror is not your friend?
Unless you're beautiful,
And then it could be the answer to your problems.

Do you think you're beautiful?
All cool and irreplaceable?
Does it really matter at all?
Do you think you're beautiful?
…
Where should we start?
Beauty queen, magazines, steroids, and silicone.
Pick apart,
Mirror, mirror, who is the fairest of them all?
Wouldn't you rather be smart
Than worry about what it means to get by
If you don't look right?
…
Did junior high break you down?
Were the kids so mean that you never quite recovered?
Or were you popular?
Or were you too busy doing your own thing?

Do you think you're beautiful?
All cool and irreplaceable?
Does it really matter at all?
Do you think you're beautiful?

Oh, do you think you're beautiful?
All cool and irreplaceable?
Does it really matter at all?
Do you think you're beautiful?"

Mittwoch, 3 Februar
Barenaked Ladies, "The King of Bedside Manor" from Gordon (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Apropos of nothing.

Dienstag, 2 Februar
The Aquabats!, "Mechanical Ape!" from Charge!! (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary:

"One man stands as the lone magician,
Sending in plays through the ape transmission. Now,
Who can face, who can face,
Who can face the unbelievable Mechanical Ape?
Who can face, who can face,
Who can face the unbelievable Mechanical Ape?
Well I said,
Whoa-oh-oh-oh (Mechanical Ape!)
Whoa-oh-oh-oh (Mechanical Ape!)
Whoa-oh-oh-oh (Mechanical Ape!)
You cannot deface the Mechanical Ape!
Whoa-oh-oh!"

I contend that one of the great unanswered philosophical questions of our age is, Whom would emerge victorious in a clash between the Mechanical Ape and the Giant Robot-Birdhead?

Montag, 1 Februar
Fountains of Wayne, "Bright Future in Sales" from Welcome Interstate Managers (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary:

"I'm gonna get my shit together,
'Cause I can't live like this forever."

Words I dare not forget, not even for a moment.

Sonntag, 31 Januar
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, "Sunday Morning Coming Down" from Love Their Country (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary-cum-Project MERCATOR: I had The Impossible Ingenue, The Most Dangerous Game, The Cowgirl, & Ska Army over to my house for a screening of Groundhog Day and sundry high-jinks Saturday night. You have three guesses as to how this fact relates to Sunday's R.B.D.S.O.T.D.

"'Cause there's something in a Sunday
That makes a body feel old."

Samstag, 30 Januar
Less Than Jake, "Great American Sharpshooter" from Hello Rockview (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Saturday morning, I motored up to Frankenmuth and saw the 338th Army Band in concert at the invitation of my pal Ska Army (Aaron, The Cowgirl's boyfriend; a Specialist in the Army Reserve; and a member of the fraternity that recently attempted to induct me into its ranks). Ska Army is a member of The Loose Ties and quite the enthusiast for ska, both two-tone and ska-punk.